In Murder on the Reservation, Ray B. Browne surveys the work of several of the best-known writers of crime fiction involving Indian characters and references virtually every book that qualifies as an Indian-related mystery. Browne believes that within the genre of crime fiction all people are equal, and the increasing role of Indian characters in criminal fiction proves what an important role this genre plays as a powerful democratizing force in American society. He endeavors to both analyze and evaluate the individual work of the authors, and at the same time, provide a commentary on the various attitudes towards race relations in the United States that each author presents. Some Indian fiction is intended to right the wrongs the authors feel have been leveled against Indians. Other authors use Indian lore and Indian locales as exotic elements and locations for the entertaining and commercially successful stories they want to write. Browne’s analysis includes authors and works of all backgrounds, with mysteries of first-class murder both on and off the reservation.

Murder on the Reservation: American Indian Crime Fiction (Ray and Pat Browne Books)

Literature & Fiction

Browne, Ray B.

History & Criticism

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In Murder on the Reservation, Ray B. Browne surveys the work of several of the best-known writers of crime fiction involving Indian characters and references virtually every book that qualifies as an Indian-related mystery. He places this genre within the tradition of crime fiction in general, a powerful democratizing force in American society. All people are equal under the horizontal barrel of the loaded gun, and Indians are increasingly playing an important role. Some of this Indian fiction is intended to right the wrongs the authors feel have been leveled against Indians - paying back as they call it. Other authors use Indian lore and Indian locales as exotic elements and locations for the entertaining and commercially successful stories they want to write.

Murder on the Reservation: American Indian Crime Fiction (A Ray and Pat Browne Book)

University of Wisconsin Press

Author and educator Ray Browne combined interests in folklore, literature, and American Studies into a groundbreaking approach to the study of the humanities and social sciences, a field which eventually came to be known as Popular Culture Studies. In addition to co-founding both the Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal of American Culture, Browne wrote and published more than 80 articles and book chapters and eight books, and edited almost 50 other book-length volumes. This collection features his key culture studies writings from a decades-long academic career. It includes some of Browne's most influential and notable scholarship, along with previously unpublished work, corrected pieces, and "new" articles edited from multiple sources.

Ray Browne on the Culture Studies Revolution: An Anthology of His Key Writings

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

McFarland

Alabamians have always been a singing people. The settlers who moved into the various sections of the state brought with them songs which reflected their national origins and geographical backgrounds, and as they spread into the hills and over the lowlands they created new songs out of the conditions under which they lived. Also, they absorbed songs from outside sources whenever these pieces could be adapted to their sentiments and ways of life. Thus, by a process of memory, composition and recreation they developed a rich body of folk songs. The following collection a part of the effort to discover and preserve these songs.

The Alabama Folk Lyric: A Study in Origins and Media of Dissemination

Popular Press 1

Objects of Special Devotion: Fetishes and Fetishism in Popular Culture

This book demonstrates  the importance of the study of fetishes and fetishism in the study of popular culture. Some of the essays cover rather "conventional" manifestations in the world today; others demonstrate the fetishistic qualities of some unusual items. But all illustrate without any doubt that, like the icon, the ritual, and many other items in society, fetishes, fetishism and fetishists must be studied and understood before we can begin to understand the complexity of present-day society.

Forbidden Fruits: Taboos and Tabooism in Culture

This volume examines the concept of taboos and tabooism and a dozen powerful ones in our society and suggests the control they exert on our everyday lives.

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

Popular Pr of Bowling Green State

Heroes and Humanities: Detective Fiction and Culture

Mystery fiction, although essentially the same in all its national varieties, nevertheless comes in several types and several wrappings. The present study of American, Australian, and Canadian detective fiction concerns literature which speaks in the ways of heroes and humanities about the human condition. All authors studied here, to one degree or another, demonstrate their concern with human society, some more strongly than others, but all with their eyes on the human situation and human existence. At times these studies lean toward the tragic in their outlook and development. In all instances they center on the humanistic.

In the world of crime fiction, Arthur W. Upfield stands among the giants. His detective-inspector Napoleon Bonaparte, is one of the most memorable of all crime fighters. Upfield was an independent, fiercely self-assertive ex-Britisher, who loved Australia, especially the Outback. In many ways Upfield became Outback Australia—the “Spirit of Australia.”

The Spirit of Australia: The Crime Fiction of Arthur W. Upfield

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Murder on the Reservation: American Indian Crime Fiction (Ray and Pat Browne Books)

Murder on the Reservation: American Indian Crime Fiction (A Ray and Pat Browne Book)

Ray Browne on the Culture Studies Revolution: An Anthology of His Key Writings

The Alabama Folk Lyric: A Study in Origins and Media of Dissemination

Objects of Special Devotion: Fetishes and Fetishism in Popular Culture

Objects of Special Devotion: Fetishes and Fetishism in Popular Culture

Forbidden Fruits: Taboos and Tabooism in Culture

Heroes and Humanities: Detective Fiction and Culture

Heroes and Humanities: Detective Fiction and Culture

The Spirit of Australia: The Crime Fiction of Arthur W. Upfield